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Corinna and the King
Nov 7, 2022
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Ep 1: La Casita – Juan Carlos I and the Hunting Party

It’s February 2004, and 39-year-old businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein attends an aristocratic hunting party in the Spanish countryside. The host? Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain. An expert in guns, Corinna catches the king’s attention, and he later invites her for lunch at the Madrid hunting lodge Corinna would come to call their casita. The king makes his intentions clear — he might be married, but he wants to be more than friends. Soon after, hundreds of hand-written letters and bouquets of flowers arrive at Corinna’s door. But as her romance with Juan Carlos…

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Introducing Corinna and The King, Coming Soon
Nov 2, 2022

Brought to you by Project Brazen and PRX, and narrated by “Vida” and “Riverdale” star Mishel Prada, this is Corinna and the King, out now. When Corinna, a worldly and…

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Ep 2: Court of Miracles – Death, Democracy, and Bags of Cash
Nov 7, 2022

Juan Carlos became a national hero when he saved Spain’s fledgling democracy, but who was he before that? During weekends at the casita, Corinna asks the king about his troubled…

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Ep 1: La Casita – Juan Carlos I and the Hunting Party
Nov 7, 2022

It’s February 2004, and 39-year-old businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein attends an aristocratic hunting party in the Spanish countryside. The host? Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain. An expert in…

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Ep 3: Envidia – Queen Sofia, Saudi Arabia, and a surprise proposal
Nov 14, 2022

Corinna’s days with Juan Carlos are a stream of highs and lows, roses and thorns. An invitation to the palace ends in a face-off with the queen, and when she…

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Ep 4: Killing Elephants – A hunt, the accident, and Juan Carlos’ apology
Nov 21, 2022

Corinna decides to stay friends with Juan Carlos, who wants to take them on a safari trip to Botswana for her son’s tenth birthday. But she soon finds out the…

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Ep 5: Fake Christmas – Corruption, Spanish spies, and a 65 million euro gift
Nov 28, 2022

After the Botswana disaster, Corinna gets an uncomfortable visit from the new chief of Spain’s secret service, General Felix Sanz Roldan. He’s making requests, except they’re more like threats. But…

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Ep 6: Blood is Thicker – Money laundering, abdication, and a new princess
Dec 5, 2022

Corinna brushes off Juan Carlos’ proposal. But Juan Carlos, now the former king of Spain, requests access to the gift. His lawyer frantically stops him, as the gift is undeclared…

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Ep 7: A Dark Soul – Juan Carlos, conspiracy, and the Villarejo tapes
Dec 12, 2022

Seeing the huge pools of money held by the former king through hangers-on, Corinna cuts all contact with Juan Carlos. Corinna also finds out that Villarejo, who appeared to be…

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Ep 8: Hell-bent – Frozen bank accounts, the FBI, and a harassment suit
Dec 19, 2022

After his fall from grace, Juan Carlos retires from public life to Abu Dhabi. Corinna finds herself mired in investigations in multiple jurisdictions, where her bank accounts are closed one…

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Bonus: Mishel Prada and Laura Gómez on hosting Corinna and The King
Jan 9, 2023

In this bonus episode, we share an exclusive interview with the hosts of Corinna And The King – Mishel Prada, who narrated the series in English, and Laura Gómez, in…

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Bonus: Behind the soundtrack for Corinna and The King
Apr 20, 2023

In this bonus episode of Corinna and the King, we invite you to discover the amazing original soundtrack for the series. This ambitious symphonic, cinematic and experimental musical work included…

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